Miss Estelle

Discover how to make and decorate your own pop-up greeting cards, birthday cards, Christmas cards; learn this and more in this free arts and crafts video taught by an expert. Expert: Heather McCanna Bio: Heather McCanna has been making cards for ten years. She teaches craft lessons to Elementary School children, and regularly volunteers arts-and-crafts time to a local high school. Filmmaker: Charles McCanna
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Different types of greeting cards you can make; learn this and more in this free arts and crafts video taught by an expert. Expert: Heather McCanna Bio: Heather McCanna has been making cards for ten years. She teaches craft lessons to Elementary School children, and regularly volunteers arts-and-crafts time to a local high school. Filmmaker: Charles McCanna
Video Rating: 2 / 5

by yuankuei

Handmade Mother’s Birthday Card

Giving your mother a handmade birthday card will add a very special touch to her birthday. Handmade birthday cards feel more personal, are fun and easy to make, and will be treasured for years to come. Here are some ideas for your handmade birthday card for your mom’s birthday.

1. Embed cards with her favorite song or write the lyrics in the card. You can buy little devices that will play music when you open the card, just like store-bought cards.

2. Write a poem and include it in the card for her.

3. Write a few paragraphs on your feelings for her and put it into the card.

4. Fill the card with favorite quotes or inspirational ones.

5. Put a gift in the card, like concert tickets or a dinner reservation to her favorite restaurant. It could even be tickets to a vacation or a holiday destination she loves.

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6. Include a family photograph either within the card or on the front of the card. A picture of your mom holding you in her arms will be special and treasured.

7. You don’t have to be a master artist in order to make a handmade birthday card special. Painting, drawing, sketching, and even just cutting out and gluing on pieces of paper to make a collage are things you can do to make your mom’s birthday card beautiful.

8. Warm colors usually feel more happy and joyous than cool colors, but cool colors can feel comforting and relaxing.

9. Don’t be afraid that your ability (or lack thereof) will keep you from making a beautiful birthday card. It doesn’t need to be perfect to be meaningful.

10. Feel free to play around with different ideas before settling on a final idea of what you want your card to look like. An important part of arts and crafts is the planning process wherein you decide what you’re looking to create.

The time to present the birthday card to your mom should be when you are at a private place where you can share the closeness and meaning that your card will bring, or with your immediate family. Also remember that cards can be framed or put into scrapbooks to be kept for future generations to see or just for your mom to look back on when she misses you. Your card and your thoughtfulness will always make her smile.

Learn how to design a greeting card on a computer and more in this free arts and crafts video taught by an expert. Expert: Elouise Hester Bio: Elouise Hester is a paraprofessional and homemaker. She uses her creative talents to make personalized stationary and cards for her friends and family. Filmmaker: bobby Hester

Learn how to make a handmade Valentine’s Day card and more in this free arts and crafts video taught by an expert. Expert: Elouise Hester Bio: Elouise Hester is a paraprofessional and homemaker. She uses her creative talents to make personalized stationary and cards for her friends and family. Filmmaker: bobby Hester
Video Rating: 4 / 5

by emariecards

Question by P. Hansen: if a girl gives a guy a handmade birthday card does that mean she likes him?

Best answer:

Answer by Kaitlin Jarboe
no, it just means shes cheap

Give your answer to this question below!

by lindsay.dee.bunny

Craft a handmade Birthday card

If you have an artistic hand and you like to add a personal touch to gift a birthday card then it is very simple to make on at your home. It will require some materials that are usually found at home and time of minimum 15 minutes. Cards craft book helps you in making cards with minimum efforts.

Many times it also happens that you don’t find the right card of your choice and so it is a great idea to craft one of your own. You should collect materials such as a white blank card, birthday border sticker, happy birthday sticker, birthday cake sticker, red balloon stickers, green gift box stickers, blue birthday candle stickers, green birthday candle stickers, yellow birthday candle stickers, blue double note sticker, red double note sticker, yellow single note sticker, red single note sticker, green single note sticker, red bold tip pen.

Instructions for making a birthday card
1. First cut the border sticker from the sheet of stickers. Then cut the border in half and center one half of the border at the top of the card. Once you are satisfied with the look, peel the sticker from the back and press it to the card in the predetermined spot. Center and attach the other half of the border sticker to the bottom of the card.

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2. Then center and attach the Happy Birthday sticker below the top border.

3. Next center and attach the Birthday cake sticker below the happy birthday sticker but remember to leave enough room to write the name of the recipient.

4. Now arrange and attach a red balloon sticker on either side of the happy birthday sticker.

5. Then arrange and attach two blue candle stickers slightly above and to the left of the red balloon sticker on the left hand side. Line up a green candle sticker with the closest candle sticker and press it to the card. Attach another green candle sticker next to it with the same spacing between them as between the two blue ones. Repeat with the remaining set of candle stickers, that is the yellow ones.

6. Arrange and attach the double and single note stickers above, beside and below the red balloon sticker on the right.

7. Arrange and attach a green gift box on either side of the cake and then press into place.

8. Write the name of the recipient when you are ready to give the card to someone.

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by emariecards

Making a handmade birthday card

One of the best gifts you can give a loved one on his birthday, is a birthday card. This simple but touching gift is no ordinary piece of paper; rather it encloses all your wishes and emotional expressions. A picturesque birthday card is indeed a joy for the receiver for it is one of the things that he or she would cherish for a long time and perhaps even keep it safe in some personal drawer or decorate it in his living room. Birthday cards create beautiful memories especially when it is handmade by the sender. Handmade birthday cards speak volumes of the care and devotion a person has put into it and leave an amazing impression on your loved one. 
Making a handmade birthday card is an enjoyable activity for they allow an individual to explore his own imagination and creativity. Card making is not at all an expensive task for most of the supplies needed for this are present in all homes. If you have kids then chances are that you have a lot of colors and crayons which you can use to decorate and color the paper. Furthermore, simple birthday cards do not require the creator to be an origami expert. All you have to do is fold a sheet of paper and decorate it with whatever you please. You may chose colored paper or beads from broken necklaces and jewelry or you may draw a colorful design or a large birthday cake on the paper and color or paint it with bold, bright shades. One of the easiest ways of making a birthday card is to make use of crayons or pastel shades. If you have a few broken pieces of these colorful wonders that are too difficult to hold and color then here’s an exciting new way to make use of them. All you need is two sheets of card paper, a knife or cutter to chop these pieces into finer ones, and an iron. Use a combination of striking colors and spread these randomly over a card paper. Now place the other piece over it and place a hot iron over the two pieces. This will melt the crayons pieces, beautifully blending the shades and once you separate the two card pieces you will get two colorful and abstract designed birthday cards!  Creating beautiful homemade birthday cards is indeed a rewarding way of making use of the left over things that we tend to throw away. Furthermore, the joy of receiving a handmade birthday card is far greater than that any e-card or ready made ones. Use your imagination and embellish these cards with neatly cut colored paper designs. Or use glue and stick colorful buttons over the cards to give the effect of balloons. You can even make an origami flower and stitch it to the card using a thread and a needle. But make sure that the stitch is small enough not to show and the thread color matches the flower.  
Making use of old items and accessories for the collage work on a birthday card is not only creative but the costs are a lot less than actually buying some from the market. Your loved one is sure to prefer the hand made variety that is uniquely distinct and beautiful!

by scrapbit

Question by Kelso: I decided to make my friend a handmade birthday card..?
I guess my questions is does it make me look gay? lol im a guy btw.. im making this for my friend that’s a girl. I haven’t had time to go and buy her a present so yeah im doing this card thing.

Best answer:

Answer by MoDeL GIrL
No…i think its cute..

GOOD LUCK

ANSWER MINE PLZ?

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Christmas Cards White Handmade Paper Christmas Tree Greeting Cards Handcrafted Christmas Card

• Handcrafted greeting card or note card with pressed flowers and foliage.
• Paper made from recycled cotton. No chemical or artificial colour is used.
• Blank cards with matching handmade paper envelope.
• Each card is places in a clear cover.
• Size: approximately 3.5″ x 5.5″

The back of each card has the words “The radiant beauty of Nature is captured with pressed flowers and leaves. No chemical or artificial colour is used. The paper is handmade from recycled cotton.” The card and envelope is placed in a clear cover to protect the artwork. After the occasion, the recipient may fully recycle the card into a beautiful framed art! Handmade, natural products will have variations, and sometimes minor imperfections.

Price: $ 3.00

Computer Punch Card Bi-Fold Wallet

• Unique, one-of-a-kind, artistic design
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The Computer Punch Card Bi-Fold Wallet features a vintage punch card used by analog computers to do basic math. The perfect gift for any techie, this brand new design is soon to be another one of our best sellers. It measures 4″ x 3.5″ when closed and has one main pocket for cash and three clear inside pockets to hold a combination of business cards, credit cards or ID cards. Made from a durable recycled paper-plastic laminate combination and hand sewn with cotton thread, this wallet is a chic

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by against the tide

FREE Christmas Card Verses That YOU Can Use!

If you are a homemade greeting card enthusiast, then you know how much fun it can be, and a handmade card probably means more to most people than a store-bought card! Plus, making greeting cards can be therapeutic and it’s lots of fun! It is a nice way to pass the time, and handmade cards always brighten people’s days! Even folks who throw cards away after a while, will usually keep the handmade ones!

As a writer of greeting card verses, amongst other things, I felt that there are many people out there who are making homemade Christmas Cards, and they don’t know quite what to write inside! On the outside, you can obviously write:

Merry Christmas

Season’s Greetings!

Happy Holidays

Wishing You a Merry Christmas!

Holiday Greetings to You

You might use all capital letters or both capital and lower case, and you might choose to use exclamation points or not! It’s really up to you!

My name is Father Time, a self-help writer and speaker, and I also write many things for others as a ghost writer! At www.FatherTimePublishing.com we have many awesome gift items, and also some great gift baskets!

At this time of year, it is especially good to do random acts of kindness, although we should all be doing these all year long! Here Are Some FREE Christmas Card Verses YOU Can Use inside your own homemade cards!

There are several FREE Christmas Card Verses and you can use them however you wish to use them! It’s Good Karma! Aren’t you happy that you landed on this ArticlesBase.com piece? You may even be reading it elsewhere after it got re-posted!

Here is a great FREE Christmas Card verse of a general nature:

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Merry Christmas to You, My Friend!…… It’s a wonderful time of the year!…… A time for Happiness, Joy, and Friends!…… A time for lots of Cheer!…… Wanted to wish you the very best!……. Now and the whole year through…… Also wanted to say that I am…… Glad to have a friend like you!

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There are many more FREE Christmas card verses that you can use on my website, and I hope that you will help yourself! Remember that making and sending handmade Christmas cards is a great way to spread sunshine to others!

Many Blessings!